The Spartans raised their children to be tough and stoic servants of the state. Boys were sent to train as soldiers from a ...

Known as a hoplon—from which is derived the name of its bearer, the hoplite—the shield was, together with the spear, the most important weapon of the Spartan warrior. Each shield was circular ...

Ancient Greece's Special Forces, from the Sacred Band of Thebes to the Hetairoi of Alexander the Great's army, became ...

James Pieratt, of Wild Hunt Conditioning details the one exercise that the Spartan warriors of Ancient Greece and the Roman Gladiators included to gain superhuman strength. 'Ancient Greek ...